1969–70 Football League First Division

Football League First Division

Season	1969–70
Champions	Everton (7th English title)
Relegated	Sunderland Sheffield Wednesday
European Cup 1970–71	Everton
FA Cup winners European Cup Winners' Cup 1970–71	Chelsea (1st FA Cup title) Manchester City (defending champions)
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1969–70	Arsenal Liverpool Newcastle United Southampton
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,212 (2.62 per match)
Top goalscorer	Astle (West Bromwich Albion), 25
← 1968–69 1970–71 →

Statistics of Football League First Division in the 1969–70 season.

Overview

Everton won the First Division title for the seventh time in the club's history that season. They made sure of that on April 1, with a 2–0 win over West Bromwich Albion at Goodison Park. Sheffield Wednesday went down on April 22, after losing 2–1 at home to Manchester City whilst Sunderland went with them 7 days earlier losing 1–0 at home to Liverpool, which a win would have saved them from relegation at the expense of Crystal Palace.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld		W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A		F	A	GA	GD		Pts
1	Everton	42		17	3	1	46	19		12	5	4	26	15		72	34	2.118	+ 38		66
2	Leeds United	42		15	4	2	50	19		6	11	4	34	30		84	49	1.714	+ 25		57
3	Chelsea	42		13	7	1	36	18		8	6	7	34	32		70	50	1.400	+ 20		55
4	Derby County	42		15	3	3	45	14		7	6	8	19	23		64	37	1.730	+ 27		53
5	Liverpool	42		10	7	4	34	20		10	4	7	31	22		65	42	1.548	+ 23		51
6	Coventry City	42		9	6	6	35	28		10	5	6	23	20		58	48	1.208	+ 10		49
7	Newcastle United	42		14	2	5	42	16		3	11	7	15	19		57	35	1.629	+ 22		47
8	Manchester United	42		8	9	4	37	27		6	8	7	29	34		66	61	1.082	+ 5		45
9	Stoke City	42		10	7	4	31	23		5	8	8	25	29		56	52	1.077	+ 4		45
10	Manchester City	42		8	6	7	25	22		8	5	8	30	26		55	48	1.146	+ 7		43
11	Tottenham Hotspur	42		11	2	8	27	21		6	7	8	27	34		54	55	0.982	– 1		43
12	Arsenal	42		7	10	4	29	23		5	8	8	22	26		51	49	1.041	+ 2		42
13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42		8	8	5	30	23		4	8	9	25	34		55	57	0.965	– 2		40
14	Burnley	42		7	7	7	33	29		5	8	8	23	32		56	61	0.918	– 5		39
15	Nottingham Forest	42		8	9	4	28	28		2	9	10	22	43		50	71	0.704	– 21		38
16	West Bromwich Albion	42		10	6	5	39	25		4	3	14	19	41		58	66	0.879	– 8		37
17	West Ham United	42		8	8	5	28	21		4	4	13	23	39		51	60	0.850	– 9		36
18	Ipswich Town	42		9	5	7	23	20		1	6	14	17	43		40	63	0.635	– 23		31
19	Southampton	42		3	12	6	24	27		3	5	13	22	40		46	67	0.687	– 23		29
20	Crystal Palace	42		5	6	10	20	36		1	9	11	14	32		34	68	0.500	– 34		27
21	Sunderland	42		4	11	6	17	24		2	3	16	13	44		30	68	0.441	– 38		26
22	Sheffield Wednesday	42		6	5	10	23	27		2	4	15	17	44		40	71	0.563	– 31		25

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
	League Champions, qualified for European Cup
	FA Cup Winners, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup ( Chelsea )
	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1969–70
	League Cup Winners; see Manchester City
	Relegated

Top Scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Jeff Astle	West Bromwich Albion	25
2	Joe Royle	Everton	23
=	Peter Osgood	Chelsea	23
3	Pop Robson	Newcastle United	22
4	Hugh Curran	Wolverhampton Wanderers	20
5	Allan Clarke	Leeds United	17
=	Steve Kindon	Burnley	17

References

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